NAPA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ArtistWorks, the leading provider of interactive online music education,
has launched the latest addition to their extensive online music
faculty: Online Jazz Drums with Peter Erskine. This rounds out their
already impressive list of jazz instructors, who include John Patitucci,
George Whitty, Martin Taylor, Eric Marienthal, Chuck Loeb, Andreas Oberg
and Howard Levy.

Voted “Best Jazz Drummer of the Year” 10 times by the readers of Modern
Drummer magazine, Peter Erskine has played on over 600 recordings and
worked with many legendary artists who include Chick Corea, Joni
Mitchell, Steely Dan, Weather Report, Stan Kenton and more.

In addition to performing and recording, Erskine has also been teaching
drums for many years and is an author of several books. He is currently
Professor of Practice and Director of Drumset Studies at the Thornton
School of Music, University of Southern California. His online lessons
at ArtistWorks combine traditional drumming techniques and exercises
with popular jazz standards.

“I’m going to save you a lot of time by sharing what I know,” said Peter
Erskine. “The goal of this school is to provide you with a better
background so you’ll have more fun playing jazz, and also to make every
drummer a more valuable member of an ensemble.”

Powered by patented Video Exchange Learning®, members at ArtistWorks can
submit practice videos of their drumming through the website for Peter
Erskine to review and provide feedback. Aside from the hundreds of
lessons in the Jazz Drum curriculum, members have access to a wide
variety of study materials designed to enhance their learning
experience. They can also view all previous Video Exchanges with Erskine
and other members within the school.

In 2008, former AOL executive technologist David Butler set out to
finally master jazz guitar. With no acceptable teachers in his area, he
built a revolutionary online system to enable anyone to get direct
feedback from a master teacher anywhere in the world. Founded by David
and former financial executive Patricia Butler, ArtistWorks, Inc. is the
leader in a new generation of online learning platforms. This patented
Video Exchange® Learning platform enables world-renowned artists and
musicians to “teach the world” by presenting their artistic legacy in
the form of HD video lessons and direct feedback to subscribing students
- creating an innovative, two-way online learning experience. For more
information, visit http://ArtistWorks.com.